#zeroLRA Uganda trip winner – Kristen Pedley
Congratulations to the fourth winner of our Uganda trip giveaway – Kristen Pedley! Kristen took the competition up a notch by raising $12,190 for #zeroLRA in only two weeks. Kristen discovered IC in high school when she attended a screening of The Rough Cut and has been involved in IC ever since. For this competition, she managed […]
Half Milli Holdout for #zeroLRA
Tomorrow we begin our next big Internet event – the Half Milli Holdout for #zeroLRA. You keep hearing the word “holdout,” but what does that even mean? Here is a not-at-all comprehensive but still really-really-exciting list of what is going down during this week’s “holdout.” The Deets: When: 10 AM PST on November 20 until midnight […]
This week’s holdout: it’s not our first rodeo
We pride ourselves on doing things differently at Invisible Children, and sometimes “different” translates as “crazy.” This week will be one of those times. From November 20-22, the entire staff at IC Headquarters is camping out in the office for 72 hours until we reach a fundraising goal of $500,000. Things are going to get […]
#zeroLRA Uganda trip winner – Carlie Frye
After practicing our Oprah yell, we had the honor and privilege of announcing the winner of our two-week Uganda trip giveaway today to Carlie Frye. Carlie is the third winner, leaving four all-expenses-paid trips to Uganda still up for grabs. This win has been a long time coming for Carlie who has supported Invisible Children since […]
How Emma won a free trip to Uganda – and how you can too
At age 19, Emma is currently in her second internship at Invisible Children. But within the walls of our San Diego office is not how we first met Emma. We met Emma when she was 17 and on her way to Uganda after she won an all-expenses-paid trip during our 2011 Frontline campaign. I sat […]
#zeroLRA Uganda trip winner – Lili Cairl
Lili Cairl’s favorite quote is: “Be more concerned with what you can do for others instead of what others can do for you. You’ll be surprised at the results.” – John Wooden Today, we are thrilled to surprise Lili (age 17) with a much-deserved all-expenses-paid trip to Uganda as the winner of our two week […]
TED Talk Tuesdays // 30 day challenge
A month ago, we launched our global #zeroLRA campaign. In the past 30 days, you set up your fundraising page, you organized fundraisers, you watched us give away our first of seven free trips to Uganda, and you helped us raise over $154,000 for the men, women, and children still held captive by Kony’s LRA. […]
Let’s break it down – what are you fundraising for, exactly?
As you fundraise for #zeroLRA this season, we want to make it as easy as possible to explain to others what their money is funding. The programs listed below are the ones that our International Programs Department, in conjunction with our offices and partners on the ground, say are the most effective in facilitating the […]
A letter to our global supporters
Dear global supporters, One of our fellow interns from this past summer has a tattoo of the world on her back. It has no countries, no borders. Only the edges of continents shaped by the oceans around them. When asked why the tattoo has no borders, she smiles and says, “Because we don’t belong to […]
Two week #zeroLRA leaderboard
This is the post we will update with the leaderboard for the #zeroLRA trips to Uganda. The following was updated at 2:05 PM PST on December 28: 01. Erica Shay – $10,000 02. Samantha Hammer – $2,913 03. Nick Ventura – $1,990 04. Erin Deeley – $1,593 05. Cierra Webb – $950 ++ Every two […]